David Dematthews

So if the changes are approved, certain homes that are currently zoned for Dobie, Keeling, Lamar, and Webb Middle Schools could be rezoned to Marshall.

Now, UT education professor Dr. DeMatthews, he tells CBS Austin he thinks families may be getting frustrated with the AISD's constant changes, which recently included a number of, you know, controversial campus closures.

As a result of that...

On one hand, the school district doesn't have a crystal ball.

Now, if the changes are approved...

Certain homes that are currently zoned for Dobie, Keeling, Lamar, and Webb could be rezoned to Marshall.

Well, UT education professor Dr. David DeMatthews tells CBS Austin he thinks families may be getting frustrated with the AISD's constant changes, which recently included a number of controversial changes.

campus closures.

There is a cost.

But University of Texas education professor Dr. David DeMatthews tells CBS Austin he's not convinced of the effectiveness of an executive principal role.

There's not a lot of evidence that suggests that it leads to sustainable improvement or change over time, but it's certainly been one that districts have experimented with.

It's an interesting type of reform because it seemingly adds another layer of redundancy.

No doubts.

Yeah, there you go.

That's Professor David DeMatthews from UT.

What are they going to do, though? Because we've heard reports, at least from Mayor Kirk Watson, that AISD families were able to secure enough petition signatures to have Webb and Burnett shut down in an effort to stave off a TEA takeover of the entire district, which I still think would be the best option here.